commend
同义:praise, approve, recommend
反义:scold, accuse, criticize, condemn
词组: itself to 给…….以好印象,被……接受;Will this proposal ~ itself to
the public?这个建议会被公众接受吗?
练习:He is a promising young man, whom I should like to _____your notice.
A. command B. commend C. suggest D. propose
练习答案:选B.译文:他是位颇有出息的青年,我愿把他推荐给你.本题是近义词和形近
词辨析题.commend推荐,commend to
向…….推荐;command命令,指挥;suggest建议,提议;propose建议.
派生:1.commendable a.值得表扬的,值得称赞的.
2.commendation n.表扬,称赞;推荐

compact a.i
同义:concise, short, brief
词性:v.
练习:Racial and religious similarities_____ the tribes into a nation.

A. strengthened B. compacted C. reinforced D. powered
练习答案:
选B.译文:种族和宗教上的相似之处使这些部落结合成为一个国家.本题是词义辨析题.
compact使…….结合;strengthen加强,指加强人或物所含的内在力量;power赋予…..
的动力;reinforce增援,增强.
compare
同义:match, measure, contrast
辨析:comparable, comparative

1. comparable意为可与…..比较的,比得上…..的,与…..类似的(that cannot be
compared with),后接介词with yours,/A comparable car would cost more in
China.
2. comparative意为比较的,比较而言的,相当的They made a comparative study of
the two kinds of plants.
词组:1.beyond(或past, without) ~ 无与伦比beauty beyond ~ 无与伦比之美.
2.not to be ~ d to (或with)比不上;Artificial light is not to be ~ d with
daylight for general use .作为一般用途,人工光比不上白日光.
3.compare to (把….)比作;比拟;Social life in village cannot compare to that
of a large city.乡村的社会生活不可能与大城市的社会生活相比.
4.compare with 比较:I can start by comparing your work with
his.我可以首先把你的工作和他的工作比较一下.可与…..相比;比拟: Some plastics
can compare with
用于具体的比较,可以由两个比较物之一作主语.但现在的报刊文章和一些作家也用com
pare to 代替compare with的.
派生:1.comparable a. 可比较的(with);比得上的(to);类似的.The sets of figures
are not ~ .这几组数字是不可比的.
2.comparative a.比较的,用比较方法的;相比较而言的,相对的.a ~
success相对而言的成功
3.comparision n.比较,对照;比拟,比喻;相似,类似.a ~ between two

things对于两件事物的比较